USC transfer Travon Patterson cleared to play at Colorado

BOULDER — Travon Patterson finally practiced Monday but he wasn’t officially cleared until late in the afternoon. His paperwork for his transfer from Southern California finally cleared after the fifth practice.

Not that coach Dan Hawkins is anxious to get him in the receiver mix, but he had Patterson get out of his street clothes in the middle of practice and put on a jersey and shorts. It was the first day of contact drills, but Patterson hadn’t met the required number of non-contact practice to put on pads.

No wonder Hawkins wanted him out there. Patterson runs a 4.3 40 and clocked 10.44 in the 100 meters at Long Beach Poly.

For what it’s worth, he dropped his first pass Monday, then another and fell on another route.

In a statement, Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn said of the transfer procedure: “We are most apprecisative of the professionalism, timeliness and attention to detail from our new partners with the pac-10, and that includes the conference office and all the 10 current institutions. Our first experience of dealing with an issue of substance could not have been more impressive and not just because of the clearance that Travon received but because of the professional commitmenbt and collaboration in the entire process.”

Huh? He had to miss nearly five days of practice.

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